How can I improve my ability to just guard?

Question

With the removal of convenient Guard Impacts, Soulcalibur V adds a new guard ability - just guard. This allows you to tap (not hold) guard at the precise moment of impact (very few frames), and your character will flash blue and purple, you'll be notified of your just guard, and you'll effectively ignore the attack entirely (no damage, no knockback, no reaction whatsoever).

This is possible for normal attacks, guard-breaking attacks, and unblockables (not sure whether or not it works on Critical Edges, since they're some cinematic aspect to those), and it results in tremendous frame advantage when you get to entirely ignore an attack.

How can I improve my just guard skills?

Asked by Ian Pugsley

Answer

I've been practicing in player matches for a while and have gotten ok at using the just guard. The trick for me was spotting patterns in the attacks people use. The best characters to practice against are Xiba, Nightmare, Asteroth... the ones with slower attacks. It's a hard move to master, but breaking through an unblockable with ease is totally worth it.

Answered by Maxx

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